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Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...management and the social sciences. (Tip: Whenever the key concepts 'environment', 'technology' and 'sustainability' are discussed in the text, keep a record of where this happens and make your own notes on how each term is described or defined.) As you read through the text you will come across different technical ideas and terms. While you may well be familiar with some...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...managers would get over four times the cash payment of nurses delivering direct clinical care. A newly qualified registered nurse would see their salary increase by just over £1,300 to just under £27,500 while the highest paid senior managers would receive an increase of almost £5,500 to over £113,000. Scot's nurses 'sick of living on poverty line' gear up for strike...
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Article 5 mins
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...manage this condition is to avoid known allergens and to always have access to emergency medication. To help businesses, this research and knowledge exchange project explains what a food allergy is, and how living with food allergies can impact all aspects of a person’s life. It also shares some experiences of how current business models are excluding people from eating...
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Audio 2 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...Management Masters pathways....Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development: Introduction - This course will help you to consider different approaches to inclusive leadership and professional development. You will be introduced to concepts and practices for collaborative enquiry and contextually relevant professional development. You will be encouraged...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...manager cut it together, but I was listening to it and trying to work it out still. And I don’t think that was, um, a flawed process. I think it was, it was unique to that piece and I think every single piece has its own challenges and its own kind of puzzle to crack. But that’s again that is another pleasure of it, you know, because when you crack it it’s so...
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Audio 45 mins
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...management-level position. ‘I was shocked at an article about the number of young offenders in my town and decided to get involved.’ Answer She became a mentor with NACRO and worked with two young offenders before and after their release, helping them get training and eventually a job. ‘I believe passionately in human rights and wanted to make things happen.’...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. ...Week 8: Mental capacity: the future: Introduction - Congratulations on reaching the final week of the course. [Described image] Figure 1 Finishing line Hopefully you have developed an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...management of these populations demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of some of the enduring legacies of the past, both in terms of the language that is often mobilised to represent disadvantaged people and people living in poverty, and also the continuing presentation of certain groups as ‘problems’ to be managed...‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs